Netflix’s three-part documentary The One About Matthew Perry opened as the most-watched streaming title in the US last week, according to Samba TV’s Weekly Wrap Report, which is based on a panel of more than 3 million households balanced to the US Census. The tribute to the late Friends star unseated Paramount+’s Tulsa King and handed Netflix its fifth chart topper in six weeks.
Even more telling: those five weekly leaders have been five different programmes. That breadth matters for a service often judged on its ability to create demand across genres.
The streaming top 10
- No. 1: The One About Matthew Perry (Netflix) — debut
- No. 2: Tulsa King (Paramount+) — last week’s leader
- No. 3: Nobody Wants This (Netflix) — third season
- No. 4: Love Is Blind (Netflix) — up three spots
- No. 5: Mobland (Paramount+) — up three spots
- No. 6: The Terminal List (Prime Video) — down two
- No. 7: From (MGM+/Netflix) — down from third
- No. 8: The Diplomat (Netflix) — down from second
- No. 9: The Fall of El Mayo (Netflix) — debut
- No. 10: Minimum Wage (Netflix) — debut
Nostalgia is doing real work
Friends has become a cross-generational streaming hit, prompting a reunion and even brief viewer alarm when it was missing from platforms. A documentary about one of its cast members can therefore behave like a major release rather than a niche tribute.
That matters for buyers because nostalgia content can pull broad, multi-generational reach. The Perry doc did not just beat a scripted drama; it out-ranked reality franchises and returning hits in the same week.
Release rhythm shapes the chart
The movement underneath the No. 1 title shows two different patterns. Love Is Blind climbed three places to fourth while adding three new episodes every Wednesday. The Diplomat, by contrast, fell from second to eighth in its third week after returning on October 15. When a full season drops at once, even a decorated show can burn through its chart window quickly.
Nobody Wants This held third in its third season, though the romantic comedy is arriving amid reports of cast friction. Mobland moved up three spots to fifth, while The Terminal List slipped two to sixth. From, which rode its Netflix addition to third last week, fell to seventh after the initial curiosity faded. The Fall of El Mayo and Minimum Wage closed the top 10 as new Netflix debuts.
Linear TV’s scripted exception
On the linear side, NCIS in its 24th season was the rare scripted title at No. 1. Dancing with the Stars slid to second after Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa were eliminated, while The Voice landed fifth in its 30th season — a softer position than its usual fall presence. 9-1-1 was the other scripted title at sixth, with Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! rounding out the list.
For platform teams and buyers, the week is a clean case study: nostalgia IP can win the top spot, but release rhythm and library strategy decide how long a title remains visible.
Source: TheWrap
